Atlanta panchang, 8 May 2024
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 20:25 Moonrise 06:48 Vaishakha month
Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 33.75°, -84.39° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 20:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:51 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:06 – 14:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:06 – 14:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:17
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 09:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:25 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:25 – 22:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:51
- Nakshatra Krittika until 02:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:10
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:03, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 09:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:06 – 14:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:11 – 07:35 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:20 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:06 – 14:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:25 – 22:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 02:25 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:42 – 02:25 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:51 – 06:42 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:25 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:25 – 21:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:42 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:24 – 06:42 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 05:34 Pisces
- 05:34 – 07:05 Aries
- 07:05 – 08:57 Taurus
- 08:57 – 11:13 Gemini
- 11:13 – 13:38 Cancer
- 13:38 – 16:01 Leo
- 16:01 – 18:23 Virgo
- 18:23 – 20:48 Libra
- 20:48 – 23:09 Scorpio
- 23:09 – 01:12 next day Sagittarius
- 01:12 – 02:50 next day Capricorn
- 02:50 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:31 next day Pisces
- 05:31 – 06:42 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EDT (UTC-4) · Method